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Urgently Required: National Education Quality Standards Adviser |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
Title of Position:
National Education Quality Standards Adviser
Duration:
Seven months commencing as soon as possible, with the possibility for
extension for a year or part thereof.
Location:
BSNP Cipete Jakarta, but with extensive travel throughout Indonesia
Qualifications/ Experience:
Relevant postgraduate qualifications in education with extensive
senior expertise and broad experience across the activities
encompassed by the education standards, especially in education
planning and management and implementing quality education standards
for teachers, head teachers and school systems, at both primary and
secondary levels. Knowledge and experience of working in the Ministry
of Religious Affairs (MoRA) and fluent Indonesian and English
language skills are an essential qualification.
Background:
A major role for the Basic Education Program (BEP) is to support the
current initiatives by the Government of Indonesia (GoI) to improve
the quality of education through a number of major inputs. In
particular significant contributions will be provided in the areas of
setting and monitoring education standards and in supporting the
development of a teacher quality upgrading system. A longer term goal
is to apply these, and other quality standards, to develop a
framework for designing and implementing Whole School Development
(WSD) and Whole District Development (WDD).
EDUCATION STANDARDS SETTING AND MONITORING SYSTEMS
One of the major objectives of the BEP is to support the Board for
National Standards in Education (BSNP) with the development of its
education standards and monitoring systems. The BSNP is an
independent quality assurance body that has been given the major
authority and responsibility for assuring the quality of educational
services delivered to students and communities across Indonesia.
Reporting to the Lead Technical Adviser of BEP and working closely
with the Senior Quality Assurance Systems Adviser and the
International Education Quality Standards Adviser, the National
Education Quality Standards Adviser will provide support and
assistance to the BSNP, and to the appropriate MoNE and MoRA
directorates and departments.
He/she will provide assistance and build capacity to assist the BSNP
to:
- Strengthen its organizational and management capacity to complete
the development of the eight regulatory standards and to develop
systems for carrying out its future role for monitoring and analyzing
these
- Review the implications arising from the introduction of the BSNP
standards for MoNE and MoRA education systems
- Clarify and strengthen the links between the BSNP and its
counterpart stakeholders
- Develop high quality strategic reporting and evaluation systems
- Collect and process data to monitor and evaluate the process of
each of the education standards
- Initiate systems to ensure growing public confidence in the BSNP as
an independent body, its national standards and its role in quality
improvement of education
- Upgrade the capacity of the organizations tasked with implementing
and monitoring quality improvement at the provincial and district
levels for both MoNE and MoRA
- Contribute to the proposed activities for developing and
implementing a system for Whole School Development (WSD) and Whole
District Development (WDD) using BSNP standards as the organizing
framework
- Contribute to seminars, workshops, field trips, capacity building,
training, activity planning and other activities as may be requested
by the Chair of the BSNP and the BEP Lead Technical Adviser
- Undertake and complete such other tasks and reports as may be
required by the Chair of the BSNP, the International Education
Quality Standards Adviser and the BEP Lead Technical Adviser
*** Please submit a comprehensive resume, current & expected salary
to: hr.dept@mcpm- aibep.or. id by 21 September 2008.
Please be advised that this position is available for Indonesian
nationals only. All applications will be treated with strict
confidentiality; only short-listed candidates will be notified.
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